Hawaiian Folk Tales - A Collection of Native Legends by Various
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names of various meanings, though the most generally occurring,
and said to be the oldest, was _Kalana-i-hau-ola_ (Kalana with the life-giving dew). It was situated in a large country, or continent, variously called in the legends Kahiki-honua-kele, Kahiki-ku, Kapa-kapa-ua-a-Kane, Molo-lani. Among other names for the primary homestead, or paradise, are _Pali-uli_ (the blue mountain), _Aina-i-ka-kaupo-o-Kane_ (the land in the heart of Kane), _Aina-wai-akua-a-Kane_ (the land of the divine water of Kane). The tradition says of Pali-uli, that it was a sacred, tabooed land; that a man must be righteous to attain it; if faulty or sinful he will not get there; if he looks behind he will not get there; if he prefers his family he will not enter Pali-uli." "Among other adornments of the Polynesian Paradise, the Kalana-i-hau-ola, there grew the _Ulu kapu a Kane_, the breadfruit tabooed for Kane, and the _ohia hemolele_, the sacred apple-tree. The priests of the olden time are said to have held that the tabooed fruits of these trees were in some manner connected with the trouble and death of Kumuhonua and Lalahonua, the first man and the first woman. Hence in the ancient chants he is called _Kane-laa-uli, Kumu-uli, Kulu-ipo_, the fallen chief, he who fell on account of the tree, or names of similar import." According to those legends of Kumuhonua and Wela-ahi-lani, "at the time when the gods created the stars, they also created a multitude of angels, or spirits (_i kini akua_), who were not created like men, but made from the spittle of the gods (_i kuhaia_), to be their servants or messengers. These spirits, or a number of them, disobeyed and revolted, because they were denied the _awa_; which means that they were not permitted to be worshipped, _awa_ being a sacrificial offering and sign of worship. These evil spirits did not prevail, however, but were conquered by Kane, and thrust down into uttermost |
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